Page 11: Historical Events In 1968

Jun 04   On this day in history dorothy Gish, [de Guiche], actress (Home Sweet Home), dies at 70   

Jun 05   Senator Robert F. Kennedy was shot and mortally wounded by Sirhan Bishara Sirhan, who was immediately arrested. Kennedy had just claimed victory in California's Democratic presidential primary. 68 on this day in history.   

Jun 05   In the year 1968 sirhan Sirhan shoots Bobby Kennedy, who dies the next day   

Jun 05   US Senator Robert Kennedy shot and killed in Los Angeles on this day in history.   

Jun 06   Franklin C Fry, US minister (World Rad of Church), dies in the year 1968.   

Jun 06   Senator Robert F. Kennedy succumbs to being shot by Sirhan Bishara Sirhan the day before in Los Angeles in the year 1968.   

Jun 07   Dan Duryea, actor (Pride of the Yankees), dies of cancer at at 60 on this day in history.   

Jun 07   Sirhan Sirhan indicted for Bobby Kennedy assassination on this day in history.   

Jun 08   In the year 1968 gary Puckett &The Union Gap release "Lady Will Power"   

Jun 08   On this day in history james Earl Ray, suspected of assassinating Martin Luther King Jr., is captured at the London Airport.   

Jun 08   In the year 1968 new colonial constitution for Bermuda adopted   

Jun 08   Rolling Stones release "Jumpin' Jack Flash" on this day in history.   

Jun 10   In the year 1968 yury Sergeyevich Milyutin, composer, dies at 65   

Jun 12   In the year 1968 fidelio Friedrich Finke, composer, dies at 76   

Jun 14   Karl-Birger Blomdahl, Swedish opera composer (Aniara), dies at 51 in the year 1968.   

Jun 15   In the year 1968 john Lennon & Yoko Ono plant an acorn at Conventry Cathedral   

Jun 15   On this day in history samuel Earl "Wahoo Sam" Crawford, baseball pitcher, dies at 88   

Jun 18   Supreme Court bans racial discrimination in sale &rental of housing in the year 1968.   

Jun 19   In the year 1968 50,000 participate in Solidarity Day March of Poor People's Campaign   

Jun 20   Jim Hines becomes first person to run 100 meters in under 10 seconds on this day in history.   

Jun 21   Ruth St Denis, ballerina (Dances of the 5 Senses), dies at 91 in the year 1968.   

Jun 21   On this day in history supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren resigns   

Jun 24   Canadian Sandra Post becomes first non-US &1st rookie LPGA winner in the year 1968.   

Jun 24   Deadline for redeeming silver certificate dollars for silver bullion on this day in history.   

Jun 24   Joe Frazier TKOs Manda Ramos for world heavyweight boxing title on this day in history.   

Jun 24   In the year 1968 resurrection City closed   

Jun 25   Tony Hancock, actor/writer (Call Me Genius, Rebel), dies at 43 in the year 1968.   

Jun 26   On this day in history iwo Jima & Bonin Islands returned to Japan by US   

Jun 27   Ludvik Vaculik publishes "Manifest of 2000 words" in Prague on this day in history.   

Jun 27   In the year 1968 norman Norton, cricketer (dismissed Hobbs in only Test for S Af), dies   

Jun 28   Daniel Ellsberg indicted for leaking Pentagon Papers in the year 1968.   

Jun 29   On this day in history kitty Kelly, actress (Ladies of Jury, Behind Office Doors), dies at 66   

Jun 30   In the year 1968 gaullists win victory in the French National Assembly elections   

Jun 30   In the year 1968 john Gough, actor (Circus Kid, 2 for Tonight), dies at 73   

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Jan 02   Cuba Gooding Jr, actor (Boyz N the Hood, Glaadiator, Few Good Men) was born in the year 1968.   

Jan 02   Scott Mitchell, NFL quarterback (Detroit Lions) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of anky van Grunsven, Dutch dressage champion   

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of evan Parke, Jamaican actor   

Jan 03   Kent Carlsson, Sweden, tennis star was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of kerry Huffman, Peterborough, NHL defenseman (Phila Flyers, Ottawa)   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of shannon Sturges, actress (Savannah)   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of thomas Rayam, CFL offensive linebacker (Edmonton Eskimos)   

Jan 02   On this day in history sanoesi Pane, Indonesian writer, dies   

Jan 04   In the year 1968 joseph Pholien, Belgian PM (1950-52) communist fighter, dies at 83   

Jan 05   Jean Murat, actor (On the Riviera), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

Jan 06   In the year 1968 kurt Baschwitz, Germ/Dutch sociologist/journalist (Heksen), dies at 81   

Jan 07   On this day in history death of prof James Smith, South African ichthyologist (b. 1897)   

Jan 09   Kokichi Tsuburaya, Japanese marathoner (Oly-bronze-1964), commits suicide died on this day in history.   

Jan 10   Basil Sydney, actor (Hamlet, Simba), dies of pleurisy at 73 on this day in history.   

Jan 11   In the year 1968 death of isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)